A1018 crash in South Tyneside on 27 December 2014 at 16:40 involving a Mini Cooper
A Mini Cooper and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside at 16:40 on Saturday 27 December 2014. The 18-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio and a 45-year-old male passenger in the Mini Cooper were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2014
- Saturday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini Cooper and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94654, longitude -1.39429, in the SR6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cleadon Village & East Boldon, South Tyneside, SR6 7QW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014100806214
- Council area
- South Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1018
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1299
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2016.
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 15 December 2016
2 m awayRef 2016100138027
Slight
Car crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 13 September 1988
6 m awayRef 198810E115088
Slight
Fiat Marea crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 25 February 2002
7 m awayRef 200210L074102
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 3 May 1997
7 m awayRef 199710L012297
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 16 May 1990
7 m awayRef 199010E108290
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 26 July 1994
7 m awayRef 199410L023394
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2014100806214 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Tyneside road accident statistics for 2014.